ALPHAFRIENDS

What this means for you

Registered since 22 Nov 2016. The owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers; it stays on the register as long as the owner keeps up the maintenance filings (the §8 & §9 renewal was filed 01 Oct 2026 and is awaiting the USPTO's acceptance).

Record

Serial number

87009149

Registration number

5086681

Mark type

Word mark

Filed

21 Apr 2016

Published for opposition

06 Sept 2016

Registered

22 Nov 2016

Next maintenance filing

§8 & §9 renewal, filed 01 Oct 2026 — awaiting the USPTO's acceptance

Attorney of record

Chris Engebretson

Goods and services

• Class 016 — Paper goods and printed matter: Paper goods and printed matter, namely, teacher manuals, workbooks and flashcards in the field of early education

Owner

• HMH EDUCATION COMPANY, BOSTON, MA, US
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Boston, MA, US
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Boston, MA, US
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Boston, MA, US

Prosecution history

• 01 Oct 2026 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
• 13 Mar 2026 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
• 25 Sept 2024 — AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP
• 10 May 2023 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
• 21 Apr 2023 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED
• 21 Apr 2023 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
• 21 Apr 2023 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
• 12 Oct 2022 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
• 23 Jun 2022 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
• 20 Apr 2022 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
• 22 Nov 2021 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
• 11 Dec 2019 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
• 05 Sept 2018 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
• 05 Sept 2018 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
• 14 Feb 2018 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY